Patents by Inventor Takayuki TANGE
Takayuki TANGE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11984254Abstract: A magnetic-component module includes a substrate, a core on a first surface of the substrate, a spacer on the core, a winding including wire bonds extending over the core and electrically connecting a first portion of the substrate and a second portion of the substrate, and traces on and/or in the substrate, a lead frame that supports the core and that electrically connects the winding to the substrate, and an overmold material encapsulating the core, the spacer, the wire bonds, and a portion of the lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Lee Francis, William Jarvis, Takayuki Tange
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Patent number: 11978581Abstract: A magnetic-component module includes a substrate, a core on a first surface of the substrate, a spacer on the core, a gap between a bottom surface of the core and the first surface of the substrate, a winding including wire bonds extending over the core and electrically connecting a first portion of the substrate and a second portion of the substrate, and traces on and/or in the substrate, and an overmold material encapsulating the core, the spacer, and the wire bonds and filling the gap.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Lee Francis, William Jarvis, Takayuki Tange, Shouhei Hirose
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Publication number: 20240055177Abstract: A magnetic component includes a substrate or a lead frame including a primary conductive pattern and a secondary conductive pattern; a magnetic core located on or above of the substrate or the lead frame; a block coil including a resin body that is located on or above the substrate or the lead frame and that extends over the magnetic core, a first terminal that is on or embedded in the resin body and that is connected to the primary conductive pattern, and a second terminal on or embedded in the resin body and that is connected to the secondary conductive pattern; and an insulating material covering the substrate or the lead frame, the magnetic core, and the block coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki TANGE, Lee FRANCIS, Scott Andrew PARISH, Rohit SIDAPARA
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Publication number: 20240055178Abstract: An electronic module includes a substrate or a lead frame including primary conductive patterns and secondary conductive patterns; a magnetic core; a block coil including a resin body that is located on or above the substrate or the lead frame and that extends over the magnetic core, first terminals that define a first terminal group and that are on or embedded in the resin body, and second terminals that define a second terminal group and that on or are embedded in the resin body; an IC; and a capacitor. Two first terminals of the first terminal group are connected to corresponding primary conductive patterns; two second terminals of the second terminal group are connected corresponding secondary conductive patterns; and a first primary conductive pattern is closer to a second primary conductive pattern than any of the secondary conductive patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Takayuki TANGE, Lee FRANCIS, Scott Andrew PARISH, Rohit SIDAPARA
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Publication number: 20240039412Abstract: A converter includes first and second input terminals; an integrated circuit (IC) that is a non-resonant, step-down, and point-of-load IC, that is connected to the first and second input terminals, and that includes a feedback terminal and switch-output terminal; a voltage-sense circuit connected to the feedback terminal and the switch-output terminal; a transformer that includes a primary winding connected to the switch-output terminal; a capacitor connected in series with the primary winding; a rectifier connected to a secondary winding of the transformer; and first and second output terminals connected to the rectifier. The converter is operated in a resonate mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventor: Takayuki TANGE
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Publication number: 20230422400Abstract: A device includes a substrate including a cavity, a magnetic core in the cavity, a first winding extending around the magnetic core, and a single channel that extends between the cavity and an exterior of the device and that defines an opening. The first winding includes vias along an exterior periphery of the magnetic core opposite to the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Takayuki TANGE, Neil STEPHENSON, Lee FRANCIS
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Publication number: 20230335335Abstract: A device includes a substrate; a magnetic core in the substrate and including a hole; a first winding extending through the hole and around the magnetic core; a second winding extending through the hole, around the magnetic core, and around a portion of the first winding; a first covering located on a first surface of the substrate and over a first portion of the second winding; and a second covering located on a second surface of the substrate and over a second portion of the second winding. The first and the second windings only extend around the same half of the magnetic core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventor: Takayuki TANGE
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Publication number: 20230317349Abstract: A device includes a substrate; a magnetic core in the substrate and including a hole; a first winding extending through the hole and around the magnetic core; and a second winding extending through the hole, around the magnetic core, and around a portion of the first winding. The first and the second windings only extend around the same half of the magnetic core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventor: Takayuki TANGE
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Publication number: 20230238892Abstract: An isolated DC-DC converter includes a non-isolated DC-DC converter as a primary side. The non-isolated DC-DC converter includes a first inductor, a switch controller, and first and second switches. The non-isolated DC-DC converter is configured to receive an input voltage. The non-isolated DC-DC converter also includes a secondary side including a second inductor, a full wave rectifying circuit, and a filter circuit. The second inductor in the secondary side is coupled with the first inductor in the primary side to define a transformer. The secondary side is electrically isolated from the primary side by the transformer and is configured to output a DC voltage based on a voltage induced in the second inductor via the transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventor: Takayuki TANGE
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Publication number: 20230170810Abstract: A DC-DC conversion circuit includes an input voltage; a half-bridge circuit connected to the input voltage and including a first leg with first, second, third, and fourth switching elements connected in series and including a second leg with first and second capacitors connected in series with each other and connected in parallel with the first leg; and a flying capacitor connected to a node between the first switching element and the second switching element and a node between the third switching element and the fourth switching element; a transformer including a primary winding connected to the half-bridge circuit; and a controller that controls the first to fourth switching elements. The controller selectively controls the half-bridge circuit in a half-bridge operation in which ±Vin/2 is applied to the primary winding, where Vin is the input voltage and a 3-level half-bridge operation in which ±Vin/4 is applied to the primary winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventor: Takayuki TANGE
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Patent number: 11657951Abstract: An embedded transformer module device includes an insulating substrate including a first side and a second side opposite to the first side and including a first cavity, a magnetic core in the first cavity, a primary winding wound horizontally around the magnetic core and having a spiral shape with more than one turn, and a secondary winding wound horizontally around the magnetic core, spaced away from the primary winding, and having a spiral shape with more than one turn.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Takayuki Tange
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Publication number: 20220344260Abstract: A module includes a substrate, metal layers and insulating layers laminated on the substrate, a bottom winding made of a metal directly contacting a first metal layer or a second metal layer, a first insulating layer on the bottom winding, a core on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the core, a top winding made of the metal that is located on the core and a portion of the second insulating layer and that directly contacts the first metal layer or the second metal layer, and a third insulating layer on the top winding, electronic components that are located on the third insulating layer, where primary and secondary windings of the transformer are defined by portions of the bottom winding and the top winding and are located on opposite sides of the core from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Takayuki TANGE, Yoshimitsu USHIMI
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Patent number: 11456106Abstract: An inductor component includes cores, a coil disposed in the cores, and terminal electrodes. The coil includes first metal plates disposed on an upper surface of the cores, second metal plates disposed on a lower surface of the cores, and a plurality of metal pins each passing through one of the cores in a thickness direction. The coil has a helical shape by connecting the first metal plates to the second metal plates, with the plurality of metal pins therebetween. The terminal electrodes are spaced apart along a direction in which the helical shape extends, and are connected to the coil.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetake Miyashita, Takayuki Tange, Hideaki Hashi
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Publication number: 20220278041Abstract: A transformer includes a silicon substrate, a plurality of metal layers and a plurality of insulating layers laminated on the silicon substrate, a bottom winding of a metal contacting a first metal layer and a second metal layer of the plurality of metal layers, a first insulating layer on the bottom winding, a core on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the core, a top winding of the metal that extends around the core and a portion of the second insulating layer, and a third insulating layer on the top winding. At least one of the top winding and the bottom winding is thicker than each of the plurality of metal layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Takayuki TANGE, Yoshimitsu USHIMI
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Publication number: 20210407727Abstract: An embedded transformer module device includes an insulating substrate including a first side and a second side opposite to the first side and including a first cavity, a magnetic core in the first cavity, a primary winding wound horizontally around the magnetic core and having a spiral shape with more than one turn, and a secondary winding wound horizontally around the magnetic core, spaced away from the primary winding, and having a spiral shape with more than one turn.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventor: Takayuki TANGE
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Publication number: 20210012951Abstract: A magnetic-component module includes a substrate, a core on a first surface of the substrate, a spacer on the core, a winding including wire bonds extending over the core and electrically connecting a first portion of the substrate and a second portion of the substrate, and traces on and/or in the substrate, a lead frame that supports the core and that electrically connects the winding to the substrate, and an overmold material encapsulating the core, the spacer, the wire bonds, and a portion of the lead frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Lee FRANCIS, William JARVIS, Takayuki TANGE
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Publication number: 20210012950Abstract: A magnetic-component module includes a substrate; a core on a first surface of the substrate; a spacer on the core; a winding including wire bonds extending over the core and electrically connecting a first portion of the substrate and a second portion of the substrate, and traces on and/or in the substrate; and an overmold material encapsulating the core, the spacer, and the wire bonds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Lee FRANCIS, William JARVIS, Takayuki TANGE
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Publication number: 20210012952Abstract: A magnetic-component module includes a substrate, a core on a first surface of the substrate, a spacer on the core, a gap between a bottom surface of the core and the first surface of the substrate, a winding including wire bonds extending over the core and electrically connecting a first portion of the substrate and a second portion of the substrate, and traces on and/or in the substrate, and an overmold material encapsulating the core, the spacer, and the wire bonds and filling the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Lee FRANCIS, William JARVIS, Takayuki TANGE, Shouhei HIROSE
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Publication number: 20200403512Abstract: A control circuit module includes FETs each including a control terminal, an input terminal, and an output terminal, a control circuit connected to the control terminals and controlling on/off operations of the FETs by outputting a control signal to the control terminals, a first package including the FETs and the control circuit provided therein and including a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, which is a side surface perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface, first electrodes provided in the first package and exposed from the first surface of the first package, and a second electrode that is provided in the first package and exposed from the second surface of the first package.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Takayuki TANGE, Munetake MIYASHITA, Yuji TAMURA, Tatsuya YOSHINAKA, Hideaki HASHI
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Patent number: 10714252Abstract: An inductor includes a first terminal and a second terminal, a first inductor conductor layer and a second inductor conductor layer, a magnetic core layer, and via conductors. The magnetic core layer is disposed between the first and second inductor conductor layers. The via conductors are connected to the first and second inductor conductor layers. The first and second terminals are electrically connected through the via conductors. The magnetic core layer includes a first magnetic substance portion including a first magnetic substance, and a second magnetic substance portion including a second magnetic substance. Magnetic properties of the second magnetic substance are different from magnetic properties of the first magnetic substance.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetake Miyashita, Yuji Tamura, Takayuki Tange, Hideaki Hashi, Takeshi Wake, Yasuhiro Higashide